FLICKR, MGARBOWSKI
Last week, 5,000 new emails and other documents hacked from the server of the University of East Anglia's (UEA) Climatic Research Unit were made available on a searchable database. The new data breach appears to be linked to a nearly identical incident two years ago, dubbed “Climategate,” when a batch of emails hacked from the Climate Research Unit ignited a controversy over whether the Unit’s researchers manipulated and withheld key climate data. Although several investigations have since exonerated the researchers from any wrongdoing, an anonymously authored document that accompanied the release of the emails stated that the latest batch of documents contains new evidence that the researchers massaged data and avoided Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, among other things, BBC News reported.
Although the ...
